In the short story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which is taken place during the great depression there lived a young girl named Scout. Scout was a young girl that lived in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the early 1930’s. She lived in a society where she was taught to be racist and naive. But over time she grew to be more understanding and lady-like. For instance she started to open to people she never would have‚ like Boo Radley. She became loving and an open girl rather than judging people who weren’t exactly
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Atticus wanted to know what happened but the sheriff insisted it was not boo radley. Scout understood that he should stick to the story and say Bob Ewell fell on the knife then said‚” Well‚ it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird‚ wouldn’t it?”(Lee‚276). This means that since he protected and saved Scout and Jem‚ it would be a sin to take Boo to jail. The reason that Boo Radley does not portray the mockingbird the most is because Tom Robinson was punished for something he didn’t do and Boo wasn’t
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As the famous French Enlightenment writer‚ Voltaire‚ once said‚“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.” This quote relates to the main theme in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ since a major theme is not to deliberately harm people who are helpless and who don’t harm others in the society. In the book both Atticus and Miss Maudie agree that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because in society mockingbirds bring happiness and they don’t cause harm
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How Does Harper Lee Bring Out Different Aspects of Atticus? Within her book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee is able to bring out a number of aspects of Atticus Finch’s character‚ such as being empathetic‚ brave‚ and well-respected. Atticus Finch is not only a father‚ but a role model to his children Scout and Jem. They look to him for advice. This becomes evident when Scout turns to her father‚ refusing to attend school‚ exemplifying Burris Ewell. Atticus then tells her that she must abide by the
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In the Book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ you follow a little girl called Jean Louise Finch aka Scout in a town called Maycomb in Alabama. In which she does various activities with her brother and we see her grow.I believe the main idea in To Kill A MockingBird which means to kill innocence. Mainly in how a person grows‚ and in how their view of the world changes as they learn more about it. So far we have seen Scout go through the first grade and then go into the second grade. In this time
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Character Identification “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”--Atticus Directions: Describe the following characters. (e.g. characteristics/qualities‚ appearance‚ personality traits‚ values/ethical principles). Use evidence from the novel to support your claim. **This will help you complete your final project** Pages 1-50 Scout (Jean Louise) - Scout
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the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." Chapter 11‚ Page 118. Harper Lee portrays courage in this manner‚ to explain for Atticus defending of Tom Robinson later on in the story. Harper Lee also portrays courage in this way‚ such that she tells the readers that courage is not of a physical thing‚ like shooting the mad dog‚ but rather‚ on a more intellectual scale. The one place
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Flashback Narration A flashback narration is a creative tool used by authors to often give background or context to the current events in the story. Stories like‚ To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee use flashback narration to show different perspectives between innocence and of age. Primary to the book‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Scout begins telling the story of how Jeremy Finch (Jem) broke his arm and indicates that throughout the years they had sometimes discussed the events leading up to his incident
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How does Harper Lee create interest in Chapter one of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’? During the first chapter of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses many style techniques and character and plot devices to create interest and leave the reader wanting more. The most obvious style technique is introduced on the very first page of the book‚ where it is revealed to us that that the narrative of the story is told from two different viewpoints – one detailing the story from a child’s point of view in 1936
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Tamia Barnes Mr. Tolbert English 9 2/18/13 “It is far better to be trusted and respected that is to be liked.” In the story To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is told from a child’s point of view‚ a girl name Jean Louise Finch that goes by the nickname Scout. Atticus Finch‚ her father‚ is the lawyer defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who has been accused of a crime. This story takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama around the 1930’s. Atticus Finch does not care about age‚ appearance‚ or even
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